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BHERA, a town of British-India, in the Shahpur district of the
Punjab, situated on the river Jhelum. Pop. (1901) 18,680. It is the
terminus of a branch of the North-Western railway. It is an important
centre of trade, with manufactures of cotton goods, metal-work, carving,
&c. Bhera was founded about 1540 on its present site, but it took
the place of a city on the opposite bank of the river, of far greater
antiquity, which was destroyed at this period.
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